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Greatest AfricansAfricaEducationJoburgSouth AfricaGreatest AfricansWezile Harmans' DO NOT TRUST THE BORDERS solo exhibition at UJ Art Gallery explores the dehumanizing impact of migration and challenges the gatekeepers that perpetuate othering. Using various mediums, he advocates against social inequali...
·about 1 year ago
The International Organization for Migration says more than 32,000 migrants worldwide have died or gone missing between 2014 and 2018, with most fatalities occurring on the deadly Mediterranean Sea crossing from North Africa to Europe.Th...
·almost 5 years ago
Isaias was 16 when he escaped from Sa’wa, the military training camp for final-year high school students in Eritrea. His parents came to know of his whereabouts only a few weeks after. From Sudan he tried to cross the Sinai to reach Isra...
·almost 5 years ago
In June this year two lawyers filed a complaint at the International Criminal Court (ICC) naming European Union member states’ migration policies in the Mediterranean as crimes against humanity. The court’s Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, mu...
·over 4 years ago
Economic disparities, inequality and unemployment, particularly among young people, remain pervasive in South Africa. Lack of access to services and inadequate living conditions also affect people’s quality of life, health and well-being...
·over 4 years ago
Hip hop is many things. Most recently is has become more of commodity, a commercial venture, but it has always been and remains a global culture that represents local realities. It speaks about where one is from – through rap lyrics, DJi...
·about 3 years ago
The number of people forced from their homes, primarily because of conflict or climate change, is on the rise, topping 100 million people in 2022 – more than double the number of displaced people in 2012.
·11 months ago